Agawa Canyon and Algoma Passenger Trains,
Rail Tours and Vacations

Agawa Canyon Tour Train & Snow Train

Agawa Canyon is in the Canadian or Pre-Cambrian Shield, the oldest Mountain range in the world. Agawa Canyon was created by faulting in the Canadian Shield about 1.2 Billion years ago.
The Algoma Central Railway's Agawa Canyon Tour Train is a seasonal 1-Day Train Tour from Sault Ste Marie Ontario Canada that goes to north approximately 4 hours to Agawa Canyon. During the summer tour season guests explore Agawa Canyon Park for approximately 2 hours before taking the return train. The "Snow Train" or Agawa Canyon Winter Train Tour goes to Agawa Canyon and returns without guest disembarking at Agawa Canyon.

Algoma Central Railway Passenger Train

Algoma Central Railway's Passenger Train is less well known than the Agawa Canyon Tour Train, however experienced travelers to Northern Ontario Canada have found that the passenger train is their ticket to real wilderness and adventure vacations. Whether you are an independent adventurer who hops off the train anywhere with your canoe, kayak, skis or snowshoes, a trail explorer by ATV or Snowmachine, or someone who wants to enjoy the wilderness in comfort at one of the wilderness vacation and fishing resorts accessed by Algoma Central Railway's passenger train, there is an adventure to fit everyone's dreams.
Because the Agawa Canyon Tour Train and Algoma Central Railway passenger train are the same rail line and company, you can combine the two experiences into your Canadian Wilderness Train Adventures in Northern Ontario Canada.

Agawa Canyon Train Tours & Vacation Packages 

Agawa Canyon is in the Canadian or Pre-Cambrian Shield of Northern Ontario Canada, the oldest Mountain range in the world. The once towering mountains higher than the Rocky Mountains were worn down over Billions of years and many ice ages to rolling hills of rugged but accessible beauty.

The Agawa Canyon Train Tour is one of the most popular train excursions in North America, especially in the Fall Color Train Tour Season. This one day wilderness excursion will take you 114 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie, over towering trestles, alongside pristine northern lakes and rivers, and through the awesome granite rock formations and mixed forests of the lower Canadian Shield. More Information

Agawa Canyon Fall Color Train Tours & Vacation Packages 

Fall Colours on the Agawa Canyon train tour are beautifully spectacular. Training north up into the Canadian Shield among the splendor of the hardwoods in glowing in reds, purples, golds and yellows. More Information

Agawa Canyon Snow Train Tours & Vacation Packages

Algoma's Agawa Canyon Snow Train is the winter opportunity of the popular Agawa Canyon Tour Train trip. The Snow Train provides a truly unique experience of winter in Algoma Central country with trees clad in its mantle of snow and frozen waterfalls. Gone are the greens of summer, the fiery colours of fall and the brilliant white of winter is everywhere. Algoma Agawa Canyon Snow Train starts in Sault Ste Marie, goes up through Agawa Canyon, then returns to Sault Ste Marie. Algoma's Agawa Canyon Snow train operates weekly from late January through early March. More Information

Agawa Canyon and Algoma Passenger Train Combo Tours & Vacation Packages

Agawa Canyon Tour Train and the Algoma Passenger Train are both operated by the same railway company on the same tracks. The Agawa Canyon tour Train just goes from Sault Ste Marie, up to Agawa Canyon, stops for a couple of hours and returns to Sault Ste Marie; all in one day. The Agawa Canyon Tour train operates everyday from mid June through mid October.

The Algoma Passenger Train starts in Sault Ste Marie, goes up through Agawa Canyon, stops briefly in at the Hawk junction mid way station and continues on to Hearst all in one day with numerous stops along the way for people to get on and off the train at resorts, cottages, rivers and any other place people want to for canoeing, kayaking and other adventures. The next day they go back. The passenger train service is year round. More Information

Algoma Passenger Train Tours & Vacation Packages from Sault Ste Marie

Sault Ste Marie is the southern station of the Algoma Passenger Train as well as the Agawa Canyon Train tour. Sault Ste Marie is approximately 1/3 of the way across Ontario on the Trans Canada Highway 17 and is also directly north of Michigan across the international bridge at the northern end of the I75. Sault Ste Marie is one of the largest cities in Northern Ontario with a population of about 70,000 people, numerous hotels and restaurants, museums, casinos and other entertainment. More Information

Algoma Passenger Train Tours & Vacation Packages from Hawk Junction

Hawk Junction is the half way station on the Algoma Central Railway at mile 165 / km 265. Hawk Junction is only a 15 minute drive east of Wawa from the popular Lake Superior Circle Tour.

Hawk Junction is the traditional boarding station for the many people who visit the northern Algoma on Wilderness and Fishing Adventures and Vacations. More Information

Algoma Passenger Train Tours & Vacation Packages from Hearst

Hearst is the northern end of the Algoma Central Railway Passenger Train line and is accessible by highway 11 from Toronto and Southern Ontario (Younge Street North) or you can take the Ontario Northland Northlander train and bus from Union Station in downtown Toronto or any of the Northlander Station going north. More Information